If we were to pick a queen though—oh okay, fine, kween—it would be none other than Rihanna, who comes out year after year in red carpet showstoppers. Let's go down memory lane AKA the pegs for your next costume party.
Rihanna first graced the Met Gala red carpet in 2007. She's wearing a white Georges Chakra gown with crystal embellishment along with 80s Madonna fishnet gloves. It's like the dress started out dancing in a disco, changed its mind, and went running around a castle halfway through.
One of our favorite RiRi looks is from the 2009 ball. She wore a Dolce & Gabbana suit with comically puffed up sleeves, black pumps, a punk 'do, and an "I'm ready to rumble" expression. She looks like she's about to get into a fistfight with Jessica Rabbit. We love it.
The singer's Stella McCartney gown from 2011 is the bomb. It's equal parts Halle Berry when she won the Oscars, equal parts Death Becomes Her, and equal parts Disney Princess.
This Tom Ford dress looks tricky to pull off, but our RiRi is up to the task. It looks like it was freshly skinned from a recently deceased Alien, uh, alien.
The R&B singer looks like a flower in full bloom. Or the site of an epic end-of-all-time death match (or maybe dance-off) between a bunch of dominant red and plucky white blood cells. It's a Comme des Garçons art installation, think piece.